§2772 Reports on Financial Balances for Atomic Energy Defense Activities

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must send a report to the congressional defense committees at the same time the President’s budget goes to Congress under 31 U.S.C. 1105(a). The report must show financial balances for each atomic energy defense program using the same budget control levels found in the report that accompanied the most recent Energy and Water Development appropriations Act. Money from recurring DOE national security authorizations (as defined in section 2741 of this title) must be shown separately from money provided under any other law. The report has two parts. The first part, as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, must show unobligated funds; total funds available to cost; costed and uncosted balances; the uncosted threshold in dollars and any amounts over or under that threshold with explanations; and encumbered and unencumbered uncosted balances with any over/under amounts explained. The second part, as of the end of the first quarter of the current fiscal year, must show unobligated funds, total uncosted funds, and unallotted budget authority. Definitions (one line each): costed — funds spent for received goods or services after obligation; encumbered — funds obligated and held for a known purpose; uncosted — funds obligated but goods or services not yet received; unencumbered — funds obligated but not held for a known purpose; threshold — a benchmark for extra congressional scrutiny; total funds available to cost — the sum of prior uncosted obligations, current year obligations, and current year deobligations.